Abstract:
An apparatus for data coding includes an encoder and a decoder. The encoder is configured to receive input data including one or more m-bit data groups that are associated with respective group indices, to generate a code word that includes the input data and an m-bit redundancy that depends on the data groups and on the respective group indices, and to send the code word over a channel. The decoder is connected to the channel and is configured to produce a syndrome that equals zero when the code word is error-free, and when the code word contains a single error caused by the channel, is indicative of an erroneous group in which the single error occurred, and of a location of the single error within the erroneous group, and to recover the input data by correcting the single error at the location in the erroneous group.
Abstract:
A method includes storing data encoded with an ECC in a group of memory cells by writing respective storage values to the memory cells. Multiple sets of readout results are read from the memory cells by comparing the storage values to one or more threshold combinations, each including multiple read thresholds. A plurality of partial syndromes of the ECC is computed, each partial syndrome computed over the readout results that were read using a respective threshold combination. A respective syndrome is calculated for each threshold combination, in at least a subset of all possible threshold combinations, based on one or more of the partial syndromes associated with that threshold combination. A preferred threshold combination is selected, from among the threshold combinations, for which a weight of the respective syndrome is minimal, by processing less than all the partial syndromes associated with all the possible threshold combinations.
Abstract:
A method includes storing data encoded with an ECC in a group of memory cells by writing respective storage values to the memory cells. Multiple sets of readout results are read from the memory cells by comparing the storage values to one or more threshold combinations, each including multiple read thresholds. A plurality of partial syndromes of the ECC is computed, each partial syndrome computed over the readout results that were read using a respective threshold combination. A respective syndrome is calculated for each threshold combination, in at least a subset of all possible threshold combinations, based on one or more of the partial syndromes associated with that threshold combination. A preferred threshold combination is selected, from among the threshold combinations, for which a weight of the respective syndrome is minimal, by processing less than all the partial syndromes associated with all the possible threshold combinations.
Abstract:
A method for data storage includes reading storage values, which represent stored data, from a group of memory cells using read thresholds, and deriving respective soft reliability metrics for the storage values. The storage values are classified into two or more subgroups based on a predefined classification criterion. Independently within each subgroup, a subgroup-specific distribution of the storage values in the subgroup is estimated, and the soft reliability metrics of the storage values in the subgroup are corrected based on the subgroup-specific distribution. The stored data is decoded using the corrected soft reliability metrics.
Abstract:
A method, including factoring an order of a multiplicative group of a Galois Field to produce a first integer factor p and a second integer factor q, wherein the multiplicative group includes (2m−1) elements, m a non-negative integer, so that 2m−1=pq. The method further includes receiving an element x of the Galois Field expressible as α(qi+j), where α is a primitive element of the group, i is a first non-negative integer less than p, and j is a second integer less than q. An inverse or a logarithm of the element x is calculated as a function of qi and j.
Abstract:
A decoder includes circuitry and a soft decoder. The circuitry is configured to receive channel hard decisions for respective bits of a Generalized Low-Density Parity Check (GLDPC) code word that includes multiple component code words, including first and second component code words having one or more shared bits, to schedule decoding of the GLDPC code word, and following the decoding, to output the decoded GLDPC code word. The soft decoder is configured to receive the channel hard decisions corresponding to the first component code word, to further receive soft reliability measures that were assigned to the shared bits in decoding the second component code word, and to decode the first component code word based on the channel hard decisions and the soft reliability measures.
Abstract:
A method, including factoring an order of a multiplicative group of a Galois Field to produce a first integer factor p and a second integer factor q, wherein the multiplicative group includes (2m−1) elements, m a non-negative integer, so that 2m−1=pq. The method further includes receiving an element x of the Galois Field expressible as α(qi+j), where α is a primitive element of the group, i is a first non-negative integer less than p, and j is a second integer less than q. An inverse or a logarithm of the element x is calculated as a function of qi and j.
Abstract:
A method for Error Correction Code (ECC) encoding includes receiving data to be encoded. The data is encoded to produce a composite code word that includes multiple component code words. Each component code word in at least a subset of the component code words is encoded in accordance with a respective component code and has at least one respective bit in common with each of the other component code words.